FY2025 EPS Forecast for Federal Signal Increased by Analyst

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS) – Equities researchers at William Blair boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Federal Signal in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, October 30th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek now forecasts that the conglomerate will post earnings of $4.15 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.00. The consensus estimate for Federal Signal’s current full-year earnings is $3.34 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Federal Signal’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.36 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.90 EPS.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The conglomerate reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $555.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $545.19 million. Federal Signal had a return on equity of 18.91% and a net margin of 11.22%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.87 earnings per share. Federal Signal has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.090-4.170 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on FSS. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Federal Signal in a research report on Friday, July 11th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Federal Signal from $100.00 to $112.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Zacks Research downgraded Federal Signal from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Raymond James Financial boosted their target price on Federal Signal from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Federal Signal from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Federal Signal has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $123.00.

Federal Signal Trading Down 2.3%

Shares of Federal Signal stock opened at $115.31 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $7.01 billion, a PE ratio of 32.12, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25. Federal Signal has a 1 year low of $66.47 and a 1 year high of $132.89. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $122.45 and a 200-day moving average price of $110.12.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Federal Signal

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Federal Signal by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 330,981 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $24,344,000 after acquiring an additional 7,425 shares during the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Federal Signal by 14.7% during the first quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,340 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $246,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Federal Signal by 2.7% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 189,919 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $13,969,000 after purchasing an additional 5,017 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Federal Signal by 8.0% in the first quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 48,847 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $3,593,000 after purchasing an additional 3,623 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. raised its stake in Federal Signal by 5.2% in the first quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 4,540 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $334,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.73% of the company’s stock.

Federal Signal Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. Federal Signal’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.62%.

Federal Signal Company Profile

Federal Signal Corp. engages in the design and manufacture of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers. It operates through the Environmental Solutions Group and Safety and Security Systems Group segments. The Environment Solutions Group segment is involved in the manufacture and supply of street sweeper vehicles, sewer cleaners, vacuum loader trucks, hydro-excavation trucks, and water blasting equipment.